Relationship between social cohesion problems and housing systems in 6 European countries: Austria, France, Spain, UK, Sweden, and The Netherlands

Findings

EU housing systems are key to maintain social cohesion

Growing neoliberalism has a negative impact on cohesion: increases inequalities

As regards the fragmentation of neighbourhood bonds:

Aim

Link between housing systems and neighbourhood segregation.

Findings

Housing provision systems: decisive influence on social and ethnic segregation between neighbourhoods

Changes in housing systems: intensify tendency towards segregation

Social housing policies that offer poor quality housing to the poor (the lower the rent, the lower the quality) and concentrate poverty encourage segregation Social housing policies that achieve a more balanced social mix encourage cohesion